Lot 749
  • 749

A Hicks & Meigh 'stone china' part-dinner service, circa 1830

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • pottery
transfer printed and hand coloured in a rich Imari palette, comprising: a large soup tureen, cover and stand; two vegetable tureens and covers; two soup tureens, covers and stands, and an additional stand, of hexagonal shape with pierced bands at the rims; five rectangular platters in four sizes; twenty-two dinner plates; eleven soup plates; twenty-two side plates and nine bread and butter plates, printed Royal Arms over STONE CHINA/No. 7 marks in blue

Condition

In overall good appearance. Most of the pieces in the service are in good condition with no damage noted. 1 large platter with a short crack at the rim, perhaps from manufacture. Both vegetable tureens with a crack. The large tureen cover with a body crack at finial, and a sauce tureen cover with a small hairline crack at ladle hole. Plates: 4 are broken and re-stuck, 1 has a large rim chip and a crack, and a further plate is cracked; Soup plates: three with cracks; Side plates: 1 chipped and another broken and re-stuck; Bread and Butter plates: 1 cracked and another chipped.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."